A retired U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal colonel dedicated his three-decade career to eradicating explosive threats to ...

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Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial unveiled its 32nd Medal of Honor plaque during a historic ceremony honoring Gunnery ...

Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone is the only enlisted Marine of the World War II era to receive both the Medal of Honor and ...

Fellow Marines and civilians alike gathered for a plaque dedication ceremony 80 years to the day after his death at the ...

Don Harris went ashore on Iwo Jima, where he and his fellow Marines faced one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.

How much oxygen does the military need for wounded soldiers? Turns out not much. Military-civilian research is paving the way ...

This tracked personnel carrier can float across the snow, crawl over ice and paddle through the mud. Oh, and it can swim.

The U.S. Military still has guns in use that were developed in the late 1970s to over 100 years ago. Of course, the military ...

Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

A Medal of Honor recipient’s portrait and citation are now out of a courthouse closet and back up on a courthouse wall. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph recently ran a letter to the editor from Ed ...